Notwithstanding we had four strikers isolating and that under most circumstances, four strikers would be sufficient, the games against Hibs and Livingston highlighted a long-term problem. Celtic have been able to produce wingers, defenders and midfielders who have become first choice starters in the first team, but we are unable to produce a striker.
In the last 20 years, Craig Beattie is arguably our most successful striker-graduate from the youth system (gulp), and he moved on having scored 13 goals for the club, the kind of return Leigh Griffiths may have hoped for in a month, a few years back.
Gerry Creaney made his debut 31 years ago and spent a couple of seasons as a regular starter, before eventually playing Premier League football for Manchester City (it was a different world back then, kids), but Gerry was nowhere near a top performer at the club.
It is now over 40 years since the last iconic striker, Charlie Nicholas, came through the youth system to electrify Celtic Park for three seasons. He returned for a five-year spell later, when he largely stood on the same spot every 90 minutes, before working out some deep therapeutic issues as a media pundit in later years.
40 years and we were unable to produce a striker with the talent of Leigh Griffiths, despite many changes in coaches, systems and first team budgets? This sounds unlikely. I suspect the opportunities afforded to the young Leigh at Livingston were denied to hundreds of Celtic youth strikers.
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St Tams
Maybe more so tomorrow.HH
ONENIGHTINLISBON
Did you not know he’s a legend
ST TAMS on 19TH JANUARY 2021 11:44 AM
I have been lambasted o here so many times, called a hun etc for even hinting at the fact he’s nowhere near that sort of status. Each day that remains of his tenure makes it more and more apparent.
As the PR disaster continues, we perhaps overlook the ongoing on-pitch mistakes.
Rogic as a ‘striker’? That is baffling, the more you think about it.
Surely Mikey Johnston was the more obvious ‘striker’?
We’ve all said it before that our 2nd best 11 should be more than enough for the majority* of SPL teams, especially at home (*indeed up until about a season ago, i should have been enough to see off the current league leaders). However, it seems that outside the first XI or so, development has completely stalled.
What does Luca Connell have to do in order to get a chance?
Why has Karamoko’s career stalled? Ditto Ewan Henderson (who, to my mind, has never let us down).
There is certainly no production line at Celtic Park. Maybe it has something to do with the various changes to coaching staff/reserve set up.
ILJASB
“The manager should stick to football issues I think and there are enough of these.”
Going on the performance of the team maybe he should stick to doin press conferences.😉
new article posted.
Press conference at 3pm.
Lennon and Kennedy tied up on 10 year contract.
Season ticket prices to be increased by 50%. Pass to Paradise now £50 per game.
Willo Flood to be announced on loan.
Celtic Park to be used for the Scottish tractor racing championships next month.
Peter Lawell installed as CEO for life with £10m bonus.
Letter to be sent to Uefa asking for us to be able to move to EPL (or, if not, to have an Atlantic League).
Letter to be sent to EPL teams asking us to let us in to their league (if UEFA say its ok).
Letter to be sent to Championship teams asking us to let us in to their league (if EPL says no and if UEFA say its ok).
Letter to be sent to EPL teams asking us to let us in to their league (if EPL and Championship teams say no and if UEFA say its ok).
Letter to be sent to League 2 teams asking us to be let in to their league (if EPL, Championship and League 1 say no)
Hoopy the Huddle Hound to get a new kennel at Lennoxtown.
Call for unity to secure 10 in a row.
test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnbOKH9Oe9s&feature=youtu.bec